chamber of commerce president tom donohue on the state of u.s. business and the economy. then from the joint gop retreat a news briefing with house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. live at 9:30 a.m. eastern the u.s. senate returns for debate on amendments for the keystone xl pipeline bill. >>> fighting terrorist organizations is the topic today at the center for security policy. former military and defense department officials join security experts to discuss strategies for combating the global jihad movement. see it live at noon eastern on c-span3. >>> today a discussion on federal spending caps and ways to manage budgets that keep defense and social programs effective. we're live from the brookings institution at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> dr. anthony fauci, our quest this sunday on "q&a," is on the front line battling infectious diseases. >> we have drugs right now that when given to people who are hiv infected if someone comes in and i could show you the dichotomy in the early '80s if someone came into my clinic with aids, their

i am tom donohue, present of the chamber. just a few minutes ago, i delivered our annual look at the economy, and business, and what we might expect from others, and what you can expect from us this year. if you missed it, there is a copy of the speech that they are giving you. as is always the case __ but not last year because he was in the hospital __ our executive vice president, a number of our senior advisers are here that handle many of the subjects __ they are over there. you can catch them all after your questions and pursue some of the issues and more that. as i said in the speech, the changer believes that the economy is gaining momentum. we expect growth to be in the 3% to 3.5% range at least until the middle of the year. when we look beyond that, beyond the near term, ballot is uncertain. businesses face a host of challenges and uncertainties including economic weakness abroad __ which is very significant. new cyber security threats, among others. what things are improving, the current policies of taxing and regul

. >> tom donohue.uting the economy today says things will only get better. >> we're in a position to make sure that 2015 is an even stronger year. >> so, should republicans be worried that things are picking up steam, not losing steam? he says, not yet. patrick, what do you make of the economic landscape? >> well, first of all would agree with mr. donohue and some of the things he said to you. a couple of my lines when we get to energy. but when we have good news, that is not bad. you should try to make good news bad news -- shouldn't try to make good news bad news. but there are holes in this. the american people don't see the personal prosperity. the great middle class doesn't. comes because of the inequality, some often has been going to capital. whatever you want to say. the fact we have a new structure to our economic worries and woes, but more importantly, it seems to me in the years when the economy gets better, it doesn't necessarily -- the president is not running for re-election. what it open

chamber of commerce to cuba, led by tom donohue, to assess the business climate. the cuban government has implemented a new foreign investment law that folks may or may not know about. at the same time, they have put laws in place to begin allowing for people, individual people, to become part of the private sector. the cuban government is transitioning many individuals off of the government payroll and recognizing the need to empower private enterprise. while we were there we met with most branches of the cuban government. we were able to visit cooperatives. we were able to meet with entrepreneurs, and we were also able as the first americans to visit the port of mariale that has been funded by the brazilians for $800 million. we visited a canadian investment in energy and we feel like we got a very broad-based understanding of what's going on in the cuban economy. point blank, the rest of the world is there. they're beginning to be there more significantly, and the american business community is not there. so what is the u.s. acc and what are we planning to do t

chamber of commerce to cuba led by tom donohue to assess the business climate. the cuban government has implemented a new foreign investment law that many folks may or may not know about and at the same time has put laws in place to begin allowing for people, individual people to become part of the private sector. the cuban government is transitioning many individuals off of the government payroll and recognizing the need to empower the president. while we were there we met with most branches of the cuban government. they were able to visit cooperatives. we were able to meet with entrepreneurs and the first americans to visit the port that has been funded by the brazilians for $800 million. we visited a committee investment in energy and we feel like we got a broad-based understanding what's going on in the human economy. pointblank the rest of the world as they are. they are beginning to be there more significantly and the american community is not there. so what is the usa pc and what a week claiming to do to shift the narrative here in washington and drive ch

as you know, i'm tom donohue, president of the chamber. and in just a few minutes ago i delivered our annual look at the economy and business and what we might expect from others and what you could expect from us this year. if you missed it, there's a copy of the speech they're giving you, as is always the question the case, but not last year. because he was in the hospital scared the hell out of us. bruce josten who is our executive vice president of all things we do with government and related matters. a number of our senior advisors are here that handle many of these subjects and so they're over there and they're over there. you can catch them all at the end of your questions and pursue some of your issues in more depth. as i said in the speech, the chamber believes the state of american business is improving. and that the economy is gaining momentum. we expect growth to be in the 3% to 3.5% range, at least in the middle of the year. when we look beyond the near term, the outlook is less certain. business faces a host of challenges and

at 10:15, tom donohue gets his estate of the american business and economy address. live on cspan2. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and u.s. history to the -- we partnered with comcast. >> i wrote with -- these books. the reason i thought it was important to collect these histories is because wheeling transformed into an industrial city in the latter part of the 19th century. it drew immigrants from various parts of europe in search of jobs and opportunities. that immigrant generation is pretty much gone. i thought it was important to record their stories. to get the memories of the immigrant generation and the ethnic neighborhoods they formed. it is an important part of our history. most people tend to focus on the frontier history, the civil war history. those periods are important but equal importance is the industrial period and immigration wheeling had. >> wheeling starts as an outpost on the frontier. that river was the western extent of the u.s. in. the 1770's. the first project funded by the federal government for road production was the national road

as you know, i'm tom donohue, president of the chamber. and in just a few minutes ago i delivered our annual look at the economy and business and what we might expect from others and what you could expect from us this year. if you missed it there's a copy of the speech they're giving you, as is always the question, the case but not last year. because he was in the hospital, scared the hell out of us. bruce josten who is our executive vice president of all things we do with government and related matters. a number of our senior advisors are here that handle many of these subjects and so they're over there and they're over there. you can catch them all at the end of your questions and pursue some of your issues in more depth. as i said in the speech, the chamber believes the state of american business is improving. and that the economy is gaining momentum. we expect growth to be in the 3% to 3 1/2 percent range, at -- 3.5% range, at least in the middle of the year. when we look beyond the near term, the outlook is less certain. business face

conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] chamber of commerce president and ceo tom donohue delivering his state of american business address before this news conference which just wrapped up. you can see his address, state american business address later on our program schedule. also both a speech in the news conference will be available on our website c-span.org sometime this afternoon. president obama travels to cedar falls today, iowa to speak on broadband access. is expected to outline steps to increase across the country. cedar falls is the first city in iowa where gigabit internet service is available. live coverage begins at 3:40 p.m. eastern. on that topic the hill today has this. senator bill nelson who is the ranking member on the senate commerce committee will soon introduce a data breach notification bill that closely resembles a proposal the president called for during a speech on monday. the bill would require for each company to notify consumers that their information has been exposed within 30 days. companies would also have to report to the government on se